All About Pocket Knives

Ripster wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 9:42 pm Skip.....

Thank you JP.
I look forward to enlarging the family even more.

While researching something else, I found the first item pictured below.
That item is related to this item (the one pictured last), also at this link.
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=7445&start=75#p855262

So now, I have seen another "ALLEN" with "designs" or "grips" in the handles.
It also has, what appears to be, a "built-in" cap lifter/bottle opener.
It also appears that these "designs" or "grips" WERE done at the factory.

Skip, I think you have probably addressed these questions in the past, but......how many different patterns of Allen Cutlery knives do you have, and how many total knives from Allen Cutlery?

Waukonda wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 3:27 am Skip.....

Ike, the easiest way for me to answer your question(s) is here. VERY recent, from two weeks ago.
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=7445&start=75#p855931

Thank you, I completely missed that. Nice collection!

Waukonda wrote: ↑Sun Oct 25, 2020 3:50 am Thank you.....

Thank you Ike.

That’s a most impressive collection!!!!

phil0175 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 6:16 pm That’s.....

Thank you Phil.

The picture below is the August 5, 1939, Newburgh News (New York) obituary for Mrs. H.E. Allen,
widow of Mr. Benjamin Allen. ALLEN CUTLERY COMPANY, NEWBURGH N.Y. (1917-1925)
Mr. Allen's obituary is the first post on page 5, or click on the following link.
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=7445&start=60#p801164

My most recent addition to my collection is this all metal pocket knife. While it is NOT actually an ALLEN CUTLERY COMPANY pocket knife, I do consider it a distant "cousin." It fits right in with the other "cousins" with a similar handle style, such as EAGLE KNIFE CO., the GEO. SCHRADE, IMPERIAL and BOKER Scout utensil kit knives, etc, etc. It's a VALLEY FORGE, 2 blade, 3 3/16" closed, pocket knife. Each blade has a tang stamp, one is more legible than the other. The "VF" in a double circle stamp, is on the handle on each side of the pocket knife. I gave it a cleaning, took some pictures and here it is.
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A classified ad from The Newburgh News (New York) - April 29, 1926.

Today this knife joins my collection. An ALLEN CUTLERY CO., NEWBURGH N.Y. (1917-1925), single blade pocket knife. It has two stamps. One on the handle, the other is on the tang. It needed a good cleaning. I cleaned it, took some pictures and here it is.

Today this pocket knife joins my collection. An ALLEN CUTLERY CO., NEWBURGH N.Y. (1917-1925), single blade pocket knife. It has two stamps, both are on the handle. It needed cleaning. I cleaned it, took some pictures and here it is.

Picked up an Allen Cutlery box,will need to upgrade the knife I have.

knifegnome wrote: ↑Sun Dec 27, 2020 12:38 am Picked.....

That box is in GREAT shape!
If you ever decide to part with it,
the knife, or both. I will pay good
$$$ for it or them.

The first three pictures below are of three pages from a NAPANOCH catalog. The nine pocket knives featured on the three pages are ULERY pocket knives. This is the description of ULERY that is in Goins. "ULERY NEW YORK USA. This marking was seen on an all-metal knife made on the Allen Cutlery Company patent. It was made by the Napanoch Knife Company about 1917-1919." I'm posting these because these nine ULERY pocket knives are the closest relatives to ALLEN CUTLERY COMPANY, NEWBURGH N.Y. pocket knives. I only have one ULERY pocket knife, the U11. It's the middle pocket knife in the third picture. You can see it on page #6 or click here. viewtopic.php?f=35&t=7445&start=75#p842035
The last picture is an ad featuring the ALLEN CUTLERY COMPANY pocket knife patterns for comparison.
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Today these two items join my collection. The first item is an ALLEN CUTLERY CO., NEWBURGH N.Y. (1917-1925), single blade pocket knife. It has two stamps. One stamp is on the handle, the other stamp is on the tang. I cleaned it a little, took some pictures and here it is.
The second item, another of my "GRAIL" items, is an ALLEN CUTLERY COMPANY pocket knife box. It is in very good condition. I took a couple of pictures and here it is.

***** A VERY VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU goes out to Scott, aka knifegnome, for selling me these two items. THANK YOU Scott. *****

I just very recently found these ALLEN CUTLERY COMPANY articles.
The second article is from April 4, 1918.

From the ALLEN CUTLERY COMPANY factory being built to.....

From the New York newspaper, The Newburgh News - February 18, 1927.

Yesterday I added this pocket knife to my collection. Another ALLEN CUTLERY CO., NEWBURGH N.Y. (1917-1925), single blade pocket knife. It measures 3 1/8" closed. It is the "01" pattern. The box for this particular pattern is 3 posts above this post. It has two stamps. One stamp is on the handle, the other stamp is on the tang. It didn't need much cleaning at all. I took some pictures and here it is.
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This pocket knife sold last night. By time I found it, it was too late for me to bid on it.
Oh well, can't win them all. The pictures are the seller's, slightly edited by me.

From the New York newspaper, The Newburgh News - March 19, 1927 (Editorial Page).

This ALLEN CUTLERY CO. pocket knife sold this morning.
I completely forgot all about it. That's two in a row lost.
The pictures are the seller's. NO EDITING done at all.
Posted for all posterity.

Well, after letting the last two available "ALLEN" pocket knives slip by me (see my previous posts), I decided that I was not going to let a third opportunity go to waste and I didn't. Today I'm adding this ALLEN - CUTLERY CO - NEWBURGH,N.Y. (1917-1925), single blade, double stamped (handle & tang) pocket knife to my collection. Certainly not the prettiest "ALLEN" in my collection, but I didn't buy it for it's looks. I gave it a cleaning, took some pictures and here it is.
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Well I'm back on track and today I'm adding this pocket knife to my collection. It is an ALLEN CUTLERY CO - NEWBURGH N.Y. (1917-1925), 2 blade pocket knife. The "maker" stamp is in the middle of the handle. Neither tang is stamped and there is no patent stamp. It needed a good cleaning and it received a good cleaning. The dark blotches on the handle are the remains of the coating that was applied to the handle by the factory. I took some pictures and here it is.
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